Destination Guide Refined by  Monument + Museum from above to remove selectionAttraction Arts (3) Sightseeing + Tours (10)
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| Palazzo Pitti Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 |  |
Halfway through the 15th century Luca Pitti entrusted Brunelleschi with a large building project in the Boboli hills. Work began in 1457 but was only completed after the middle of the 16th century by the Medici who chose... more
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| Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6, Florence, 50122 | |
Of course, we all know most of these masterpieces very well from reproductions - perhaps too well, because in many cases I found the "real thing" a big disappointment, the colours much more muted than I remembe... more
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| Museo del Bargello Via del Proconsolo, 4, Florence, 50122 |  |
After serving for many centuries as a prison and police station, the fortress-like Bargello was transformed into the National Museum of Sculpture in 1886 - on Donatello's five-hundredth birthday. The Bargello's courtyard... more
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| Museo delle Cappelle Medicee Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini 6, Firenze, 50123 | |
We hadn't planned on visiting the Medici Chapel while in Florence, but Fodor's recommended seeing it and it was right in our path between where we parked and the duomo. It ended up being my favorite site in Florence. The... more
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| Galleria del Costume Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 | |
The work Le tre età dell'uomo (The three ages of Man) has been object, in the course of history, to several attributions: Giovanni Bellini, Lorenzo Lotto etc., until its restoration in 1987, when the doubts about ... more
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| Museo Stibbert Via F. Stibbert, 26, Florence, 50134 | |
Half Scotsman, half Italian, Frederick Stibbert was nothing if not eccentric. A sometime artist, intrepid traveler, voracious accumulator, and even hero in Garibaldi's army, he inherited a vast fortune and this villa fro... more
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| Palazzo Medici Riccardi Via Cavour 1, Firenze, 50129 | |
The Medici Palace was a definite disappointment. It had a small garden, small courtyard, and small chapel. There was one beautiful room with gold and paintings everywhere, and there was a painting of the Madonna and Chil... more
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| Casa di Dante Via Santa Margherita, 1, Florence, 50122 | |
I didn't go into Dante's house because of scepticism about famous houses. The Mozart house in Vienna was filled with shrieking school children and contained little to nothing of interest. Dante's house is interesting to ... more
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| Galleria Palatina e Appartamenti Reali Piazza Pitti 1, Firenze, 50125 | |
Unlike most of the museums reorganised in recent times, the Palatine Gallery does not follow a chronological order nor schools of paintings, revealing instead the lavishness and personal taste of the inhabitants of the p... more
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| Museo Archeologico Via della Colonna, 38, Florence, 50121 |  |
The Archaeological Museum is one of Florence’s hidden gems, housing a large and impressive collection of Egyptian and Etruscan, as well as Greek and Roman artifacts and art. The collection originally began with the Medic... more
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